Economist got it wrong
The Economist got it wrong. The only real reason for a live datastream would be that the TV networks can immediately get crews to the crashsite to sell better pictures.
And in this particular case my gut feeling is that there were too many political hick-hacks pared with absurd levels of paranoia that led to immense amounts of men and material being wasted.
The basic ingredient for any serious investigation or analysis however is missing: the use of the brain.